Kevin Shalvey
Cleaning messes beneath the surface
After there’s been a flood in your house or office, you might pick up all the rugs off the floor and hope that everything...
NAHB seeks share of stimulus package
WASHINGTON – The National Association of Home Builders have started a lobbying campaign for a share of the proposed multibillion-dollar federal economic stimulus package,...
Five Questions With: Brother Edmond Prescourt
The De La Salle Christian Brothers early last year announced plans to build a 132-unit mixed-income housing development on the organization’s 106-acre parcel in...
Suffolk to renovate two Brown halls
BOSTON – The renovations of two Brown University residence halls, Caswell and Slater halls, will be managed by Boston-based Suffolk Construction’s education branch, the...
A.G. Lynch wants amended bankruptcy code
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch, along with the attorneys general of 21 other states, this month sent a letter to ...
Army, Guard break ground on two facilities
NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Rhode Island Army and Air National Guard last month broke ground on two new training facilities, expected to total $48...
R.I. properties in foreclosure rise 258%
IRVINE, Calif. – Foreclosure notices were posted for 6,583 Rhode Island properties last year, a 258-percent increase from 2007 and a 1,525-percent increase from...
GGP puts Providence Place on the block
CHICAGO – General Growth Properties Inc. (NYSE: GGP), the Chicago-based real estate investment trust that has owned Providence Place mall since 2004, today confirmed...
Lack of plans for Projo may hurt HQ sale
Whether The Providence Journal stays in its 160,000-square-foot Fountain Street headquarters after the building’s sale – the Journal’s parent company, A.H. Belo Corp., formally...
Historic Tennis HoF building to be rehabbed
NEWPORT – After 25 years of vacancy, the 129-year-old, 300-seat Stanford White Casino Theatre at the International Tennis Hall of Fame is set to...












